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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1976-04-15

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1976-04-15, page 01

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LIBRARY, OrHO,Hl8TQRJCAL SOCU7Y 1 082 VELfJA AVE> . •'•''•
COLS, 0, 43211 . .EXOH '/
VOL. 54 NO. IB
APRIL 15, l!>7(i-NISAN 1.1
Experts Say U.S. Working To Bring About FLO. Participation In Middle East Talks
1 By David Landau
HAIFA, (JTA) - Two American experts on the Middle East, participating in the "International Conference - on the Palestinians and the Mideast Conflict;' at ' Haifa University' said April 6 that ' |
Z^o^rtAl Eban: No Other International Conflict
participation in Middle East- «*■ ■■ _ a-ag ■■■ ■■ *•*■■ ■■
peace ta.ks Prof Amos Similar To The Arab-Israeli Situation
Washington, who President Ford sent to Lebanon last week as a special envoy on a fact-finding -mission. ' The State Department has not ruled out contacts with the PLO though it said they were not included in Brown's
instructions from the President.
Perlmulter. like Miller, indicated that American eitorts were aimed at getting the PLO 1 to accept the key UN resolutions so thai il would quality as a
participant in peace talks \wth Israel He said the U.S. hoped PLO chieftain Yasir Arafat would make some sort ol declaration which could lit* ciinslriif*'! ««• acceptance of ■ the
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Solidarity Sunday lay 2
"NEW YORK — Hands reaching out for help depict the theme of "Solidarity Sunday lor Soviet Jewry," to be sponsored on May 2 by the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and its 85 constituent- agencies. The photograph — symbolizing the yearning - of Soviet Jews for their human rights and for the opportunity to' emigrate from'the' USSR — will'Be displayed on posters and on flyers throughout the city., The event j expected to be the largest demonstrations of its kind ever held, will begin with a "Freedom March" down Fifth Avenue and culminate with a massive rally at Dag Mammarskjold Plaza near the United Nations.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO '
Perlmutter, of the American University in Washington, said in remarks to reporters outside the conference hall that he had been gii/en such information two weeks ago in Washington by way ot a hint that he was to pass on to Israel government circles Prof. Linda Miller, of Wellesley College, told a session of the conference that she "sensed" vigorous new efforts by the U.S. to engage the -^PLO in a dialogue aimed at its acceptance -of- - Security - Council Resolutions 242 and 338 as a prelude to talks with Israel. Perlmutter identihed the source of his information as former Ambassador G. Dean Brown, director of the Middle East Institute in
Ford Threatens To Veto Foreign Aid Bill If Transitional Quarter Included
WASHINGTON (WNS) - President - F^rd has threatened , to veto- the foreignaid bill if it includes funds to cover the
r transitional quarter between . the expiration of the current, fiscal year on June 30 and the start of the new one Oct. 1.-Ford made his_ position
-dear in- a White House meeting with Congressional- leadersof both parties and in a letter to House Speaker Carl Albert (D. Okla.) "If I am presented with a final appropriation bill' that includes additional funds for . the transitional quarter I will be forced to exercise my veto," Ford said in the letter to Albert. Ford specifically, mentioned Israel by, noting his requests for.the current an,d Jiext . fiscal years "provide sufficient level of assistance to meet that ■ nation's'needs." Israelis to
' get $2.2 billion in military and ' economic aid in the current foreign aid program and an .'additional i< $550 , million if the transitional quarter lunding,is approved. The Senate has appropriated funds for the transitional
quarter which involves more than 50 countries but the House has not as yet. Sen. Clifford Case (R. NJ), who- attended the White House meeting, said "Funding for all countries in the transition quarter is consistent with every action that Congress has , taken., ;The Administration's position is inexplicable in .view of its own support for transitional- quarter appropriations."" Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger had earlier approved the formula of providing an additional 25 percent of this year's foreign aid .appropriation for ' all countries receiving foreign aid to coverthe quarter. But the White House later reversed this approval.,The , House and Senate minority leaders. Rep., John Rhodes (R. Ariz) and Set!. Hugh Scott (R. Pa.) both'agreed that the President, would "have no alternative" bufa veto it the additional money is vvoted. Sen. -Hubert/ H. Humphrey. . 1 p. . Minn. > warned that "A Presidential veto would be interpreted by Israel's ' neighbors as a
weakening of the "American commitment to Israel's Security" as well as having an adverse affect of Israel's economy.; However, Albert hinted that there would be a compromise, stressing that while the U.S. has problems
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 7fl)
by Andrea Kannrv Chronicle Special Reporter
The rather plain man with the baggy pants isn't-much to look at; but, as they say in Jamaica, he could "charm the heart of a rat bat". Abba Eban, former Israeli foreign minister and now member of the Knesset, came to Mershon Auditorium Thursday and a crowd of over 1400 gave tiim a standing ovation even bpfore -hespoke.- »j - -• -••
Calling himself a "working politician in an election year", Eban told the audience there is no international conflict similar
- to the Arab-Israeli confrontation. The point of departure, he said was the
1 "total denial of nationhood of the other — denying its place in history and in the world''. "There will never be a Middle East without the sovereign state of Israel.. .
' we won't be covered over by the desert sands . . . nor by
' the monolithic Arab vision of a Moslem homogenized Middle East ... our elementary principal is equality." He added that the area should bea "tapestry ol many colors'® .
Agreeing that Israel has an obsession regarding security, Eban said "our experience hasn't been normal. What other people mourn 6 million?" In the last '.war, he said, the Arabs rejoiced in its three days of success, while Israel
Campaign Closing Meet Set
The Campaign Closing meeting ol the 197B United Jewish Fund Campaign will be held on April 28th. and will lealure an entertainment program
■■ under the auspices ot the Gallery Players ol the Columbus Jewish, Center.
1 The entertainment^ will deal, with" the contributions ol Jews to the American (heater and will.be ol,a light nature. Under the'direction ol Abe Green and Linda Wasserstromj the tallowing, ainong others, are scheduled to participate , in. the production: Kay Cohen, Eddie Ktiye. Mike Feinstein, Joja 1 Hietter., Irene Brayeripan. '_„ Linda Wasserstrom. and Bea Roth.
„ The program will also include recognition oi the leaders and workers in "the. 1970 campaign, and will .leature" Ihe 'annual presentation ol the Israeli Hag to' one ol Ihe, community's "religious, schools. Myer- Mellman. General Campaign Chairman, has urged all workers in the_ 1976 Campaign to make an intensive Jmal ellort to complete coverage ol the outstanding cards before the Campaign Closing on April 28th. "I know," said Mr. . Mellman, "that all.ol us are ' working around the clock lo .complete the campaign succes'slully At the rate \\t*
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mourned for its victory.
In the nexl war "we will l*e on (he side ol , vigilance rather than complacency". He called for negotiation, pointing out the futility of a military solution. "The <-<mUict is the Aruli refusal to
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- ' LONDON -HWNS) - Vladimir Yakovlevich Begun, who wrote "a blatantly anti-Semitic bonk published in the Soviel Union two years ago. will shortly publish another book ol Ihe same lypc. according to a Soviet source quoted here by Ihe Institute of Jewish Affairs- Begun, a journalist from Minsk, has called his next book, "Invasion Without Arms." (lie same name as one ol the chapters in the earlier book. •'Creeping Counter- Revolution." A Soviet preview ol the new book says it will "unmask modem methods ol Zionist propaganda, the ideological adventurism ol international Zionism, and its provocationist aclivilv."
JERUSALEM (WNS) - Israel ollicials have again denied that their country has nuclear weapons. The latest denial came alter Time Maga/im* said that Israel prepared 13 atomic bombs for use in llu* Yom
„ Kippur War should (he Jewish Slate Ik* threatened with deleat. Israeli, of I icials repealed Premier Yitzhak Rabin's assertion that Israel is not a nuclear power and will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into
v the Middle East. Simcha Dinitz. Israeli AmliasSaiior to the United States, made thesamt* assertion in response to questions al a news conference in Montreal. Some
" Israeli sources said the Time rcporl ami the earlier CIA leak lhal Israel has 10-20 nuclear l*oml*s were designed lo counter Israel's objections to Ihe sale or American arms to Egypt and Israel's request for. , increased American military assistance. ^
" NEW YORK (WNS) - The Ford AdministrationV outspoken opposition to the Jackson-Vanik
-r-Amendment to the Foreign Trade Act was blamed l>ya
group of 57 Soviel Jewish aclivists with causing
"worsening" conditions for Soviet Jews The Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry said Ihe activists who come
/ 1rom 11 Soviel cities issued a ^declaration staling: vlt
seems ■ to us that. statements by some "leading
representatives of the American Administration that
support of Soviet Jews by the American Congress
, Would Ieadto,the worsening ol their situation were
~, among- the most important factors that made the
Soviet leadership confident that it "can. with impunity.
1 continue repression and blackmad intended lo smother
emigration " The aclivists rejected as "lar removed ^ . Irom reality" the argument that linking U:S. trade benefits to the USSR with" Soviet emigration policies was harittlul to them, according lo theSSSJ\ TheSSSJ also reported that Soviet secret police have "abducted" 13-year old, Olka Sakova from the Moscow home ol her grandmother in "a chilling reahactmenl ol Moscow" teenager Marina Tiemkin's kidnapping" three,
, years ago. i •
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UtAW Servl"fl Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community tor Over SO Years \JPt\Z.
LIBRARY, OrHO,Hl8TQRJCAL SOCU7Y 1 082 VELfJA AVE> . •'•''•
COLS, 0, 43211 . .EXOH '/
VOL. 54 NO. IB
APRIL 15, l!>7(i-NISAN 1.1
Experts Say U.S. Working To Bring About FLO. Participation In Middle East Talks
1 By David Landau
HAIFA, (JTA) - Two American experts on the Middle East, participating in the "International Conference - on the Palestinians and the Mideast Conflict;' at ' Haifa University' said April 6 that ' |
Z^o^rtAl Eban: No Other International Conflict
participation in Middle East- «*■ ■■ _ a-ag ■■■ ■■ *•*■■ ■■
peace ta.ks Prof Amos Similar To The Arab-Israeli Situation
Washington, who President Ford sent to Lebanon last week as a special envoy on a fact-finding -mission. ' The State Department has not ruled out contacts with the PLO though it said they were not included in Brown's
instructions from the President.
Perlmulter. like Miller, indicated that American eitorts were aimed at getting the PLO 1 to accept the key UN resolutions so thai il would quality as a
participant in peace talks \wth Israel He said the U.S. hoped PLO chieftain Yasir Arafat would make some sort ol declaration which could lit* ciinslriif*'! ««• acceptance of ■ the
warned that "A Presidential veto would be interpreted by Israel's ' neighbors as a
weakening of the "American commitment to Israel's Security" as well as having an adverse affect of Israel's economy.; However, Albert hinted that there would be a compromise, stressing that while the U.S. has problems
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 7fl)
by Andrea Kannrv Chronicle Special Reporter
The rather plain man with the baggy pants isn't-much to look at; but, as they say in Jamaica, he could "charm the heart of a rat bat". Abba Eban, former Israeli foreign minister and now member of the Knesset, came to Mershon Auditorium Thursday and a crowd of over 1400 gave tiim a standing ovation even bpfore -hespoke.- »j - -• -••
Calling himself a "working politician in an election year", Eban told the audience there is no international conflict similar
- to the Arab-Israeli confrontation. The point of departure, he said was the
1 "total denial of nationhood of the other — denying its place in history and in the world''. "There will never be a Middle East without the sovereign state of Israel.. .
' we won't be covered over by the desert sands . . . nor by
' the monolithic Arab vision of a Moslem homogenized Middle East ... our elementary principal is equality." He added that the area should bea "tapestry ol many colors'® .
Agreeing that Israel has an obsession regarding security, Eban said "our experience hasn't been normal. What other people mourn 6 million?" In the last '.war, he said, the Arabs rejoiced in its three days of success, while Israel
Campaign Closing Meet Set
The Campaign Closing meeting ol the 197B United Jewish Fund Campaign will be held on April 28th. and will lealure an entertainment program
■■ under the auspices ot the Gallery Players ol the Columbus Jewish, Center.
1 The entertainment^ will deal, with" the contributions ol Jews to the American (heater and will.be ol,a light nature. Under the'direction ol Abe Green and Linda Wasserstromj the tallowing, ainong others, are scheduled to participate , in. the production: Kay Cohen, Eddie Ktiye. Mike Feinstein, Joja 1 Hietter., Irene Brayeripan. '_„ Linda Wasserstrom. and Bea Roth.
„ The program will also include recognition oi the leaders and workers in "the. 1970 campaign, and will .leature" Ihe 'annual presentation ol the Israeli Hag to' one ol Ihe, community's "religious, schools. Myer- Mellman. General Campaign Chairman, has urged all workers in the_ 1976 Campaign to make an intensive Jmal ellort to complete coverage ol the outstanding cards before the Campaign Closing on April 28th. "I know," said Mr. . Mellman, "that all.ol us are ' working around the clock lo .complete the campaign succes'slully At the rate \\t*
(CONTINUEDON PAOE 131
mourned for its victory.
In the nexl war "we will l*e on (he side ol , vigilance rather than complacency". He called for negotiation, pointing out the futility of a military solution. "The ya
group of 57 Soviel Jewish aclivists with causing
"worsening" conditions for Soviet Jews The Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry said Ihe activists who come
/ 1rom 11 Soviel cities issued a ^declaration staling: vlt
seems ■ to us that. statements by some "leading
representatives of the American Administration that
support of Soviet Jews by the American Congress
, Would Ieadto,the worsening ol their situation were
~, among- the most important factors that made the
Soviet leadership confident that it "can. with impunity.
1 continue repression and blackmad intended lo smother
emigration " The aclivists rejected as "lar removed ^ . Irom reality" the argument that linking U:S. trade benefits to the USSR with" Soviet emigration policies was harittlul to them, according lo theSSSJ\ TheSSSJ also reported that Soviet secret police have "abducted" 13-year old, Olka Sakova from the Moscow home ol her grandmother in "a chilling reahactmenl ol Moscow" teenager Marina Tiemkin's kidnapping" three,
, years ago. i •
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